AI is being designed to replace us — threatening our jobs, our families, and our way of life. We should have a say.
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Big Tech's AI buildout is consuming so many chips and so much electricity that regular consumers are now competing with them for the same goods, says economist Stephen Juneau. That will mean higher prices on your next phone and your electric bill.
"Our society is learning about the pros and cons of AI in real time," writes Lauren Daugherty (@lauren4liberty), a Texas mother who founded American Shield. She says protecting kids from the risks of AI can't be on parents alone. It will take regulation too.
Americans lose an estimated $119 billion a year to online scams. A new study shows why AI could make that worse. "With relatively little effort, we're able to make an agent that can outperform a human at building this exploitable emotional trust," said the study's co-author.
Teens are turning to unregulated AI for mental health support, and getting a chatbot designed to agree with them. That's dangerous, and they know it.
"It's 'yes ma'am' chat where it feeds into your own delusions," one teen told researchers. "And what I need is critical advice."
While Big Tech leaders write manifestos promising AI will fix everything, the real cost of getting this wrong keeps climbing.
"What’s urgently needed now is for governments to facilitate a pause on advanced AI development and steer us onto the pro-human path — before it’s too late,” said Anthony Aguirre, CEO of the Future of Life Institute.
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Americans' concern about AI harm is climbing, up from 31% to 39% since 2023, at the same time trust in businesses to use AI responsibly is starting to erode, according to a new Gallup survey.
OpenAI's own experimental AI hacked another AI company's network for days. Now, a coalition of 15 states led by Iowa's Attorney General is demanding answers, and insists OpenAI immediately stop the tests that led to it.
"The AI weaponized itself, which is extremely scary," said Attorney General Brenna Bird.
Every day, chatbots give medical diagnoses and treatment plans to millions of people with no regulation, testing or safety standards at all. And when the health advice is wrong or even harmful, it's still an open question whether Big Tech is accountable.
AI schools are popping up across the US. "Right now we're conducting a gigantic experiment on the human population, on our children, without any good scientific knowledge," says Gerald LeTendre, a Penn State education professor.
The EU just banned AI systems that manipulate, deceive, or exploit vulnerable users, while the US still has no comprehensive federal AI law. The aim: prevent humans from being reduced to "mere tools for achieving certain ends."
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